Talk Direct Charitable Trust

Analysis

Talk Direct Charitable Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Batley. It was registered in January 2015, 11 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives, the prevention or relief of poverty and overseas aid/famine relief, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to individuals, provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending November 2025, Talk Direct Charitable Trust reported income of £160k and spending of £168k, spending 105% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from November 2021 to November 2025, income fell from £225k to £160k (-29%), an average of -8.2% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to November 2025, when income dropped by 32%. Over the whole period it spent 99% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Talk Direct Charitable Trust sits at the 70th percentile: it is larger than about 70% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 78th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Achieve Change and Engagement Ace (£160k), Kasen Trust (£160k) and The National Society for Phenylketonuria (United Kingdom) Limited (£160k).